When the Alarm Keeps Going Off After the Fire Is Out

Here is a situation that makes no sense to the person living it.

The injury happened two years ago. It healed. Scans are unremarkable. Every professional who has looked at it has said the tissue is fine.

And it still hurts.

Which leaves people in an impossible position. Either the doctors have missed something, or the pain is imaginary. Neither feels right, and neither is correct.

There is a third explanation, it is well established, and almost nobody has it explained to them.

The Dizziness That a Five Minute Maneuver Can Fix

There is a specific kind of dizziness that has an unusually satisfying ending, and a surprising number of people live with it for years without ever finding out.

The pattern goes like this.

You roll over in bed and the room spins violently. You tip your head back to look up at a shelf and everything lurches. You lie down at the dentist, or bend to tie your shoe, or get out of bed in the morning, and for twenty or thirty seconds the world moves without you.

Then it stops. Completely. Until the next time you move your head the wrong way.